You should consider a powerline adapter or a mid-range gaming Wi-Fi router instead of Ethernet.
You should consider a powerline adapter or a mid-range gaming Wi-Fi router instead of Ethernet.
I recently purchased my first home, but didn’t realize until after moving in that the local internet wasn’t very strong. ATT was the only provider available, offering around 25Mbps speeds in my area. When I first arrived, they confirmed there was no service for my house and didn’t return for more than two weeks. I had to contact the previous owner to find out what they were using, and it turned out to be ATT again. There’s another ISP, but their advertised maximum speed for my location is only 5Mbps. My home didn’t have CAT5 wiring, so the technician had to travel from the main box up to the porch. I now use the ATT router on the back porch (it’s in a sunroom-like space with windows and doors), and my computer connects via a Wi-Fi antenna that came with my gaming PC. Ethernet hardwiring isn’t available yet, though it might be possible in a few months. For now, I’m weighing options: a powerline adapter or a better Wi-Fi router. If I ever get the chance to install one, powerline could become outdated, but a solid router might still be useful later. I’m not very familiar with networking, so I’m hoping for a more reliable connection. Thanks for any advice you can offer!
I have a powerline extending to the opposite side of my home, and I linked it to an ASUS mesh router for optimal connectivity. For more than a year, no one in the house has reported slow or unstable internet performance.
Last year I purchased a Netgear R8500. Though not in the mid-range category, its Wi-Fi range is outstanding along with several additional useful features. In my garage I use a Netgear AC1200 Range Extender to link the main router wirelessly and serve as its own access point. I chose this setup mainly because it offers five gigabit ports, which would let older game consoles function properly on the faster AC network. For comparison, the computer connected to the extender can reach about 50MB per second, roughly half a gigabit. This comfortably handles my 100mb internet connection. Even without the extender, the R8500 provides strong coverage through walls that are two layers of drywall and one brick. Still, I was looking for a wired solution, so this setup offered the best balance of performance and reliability.
We could simply select the ATT integrated option, as it’s already available and should handle the required capacity effectively.